Acridocarpus natalitius A. Juss.
var. linearifolius Launert
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Photo: Warren McCleland
17 km north-west of Inhassoro
Photo: Warren McCleland
17 km north-west of Inhassoro
Photo: Warren McCleland
17 km north-west of Inhassoro
Photo: Warren McCleland
17 km north-west of Inhassoro
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lunzua River, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lunzua River, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.
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Acridocarpus pondoensis Engl.
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m, sometimes scrambling or climbing. Leaf lamina 7-12 × 0.5 - 4.5 cm, linear or linear-oblanceolate (var. linearifolius), with usually 2(-4) glands at the very base beneath, usually glabrous on both surfaces; base cuneate, rarely rounded. Petiole 2-10 mm, stout, channelled. Inflorescences of many-flowered, pyramidal racemes. Bracts up to 5 mm long, subulate; bracteoles subulate, eglandular. Sepals broadly ovate to ovate, the 2 anterior ones usually with 2 glands near the edges. Petals 10-15 mm long, subcircular, unguiculate, yellowish, ± lacerate. Wing of the samara up to 2.8 cm long, oblique-ovate. |
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Habitat:
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Forest edges and in clearings, on rocky shallow red clay soils |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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GI,M |
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Endemic status:
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Near Endemic |
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Insects associated with this species:
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Coeliades lorenzo (Larval foodplant)
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Spot characters:
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Sunday 4 March 2018 |
Literature:
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Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 89.
Launert, E. (1963). Malpighiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 110 - 112. (Includes a picture).
Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Acridocarpus natalitius var. linearifolius. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=170870, retrieved 25 April 2024
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